Check-row corn-planter



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CHECK ROW CORN PLANTER.

Patented Jan. 10, 1888.

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E. N. WILLIAMS.

CHECK ROW OORNPLANVTER.

No. 376,125. Patented Jan 10, 1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Eric.

EMRY N. WILLIAMS, OF BONITA, KANSAS.

CHECK-ROW CORN-PLANTER.

$PECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 376,125, dated January 10. 1888.

Application filed NovemL-cri, 1887. Serial No. 254,304. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EMRY N. WILLIAMS, a citizen of the United States, residing at B- nita, in the county of Johnson and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Check-Row Corn-Planters, of

which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in check-row corn-planters; and it consists in the peculiar construction and combination of devices, that will be more fully set forth herein after, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Inthe accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of acheck-row corn-planter embody my improvements. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse sectional view of the same.

A represents a rectangular frame, at a suitable distance from the rear end of which is jonrnaled a shaft, B, provided with drivingand supporting wheels 0. At the center of this shaft is loosely secured a mitenwheel, E, having ratchet-teeth D. Spring-actuated pawls F, pivotally connected to the axle or shaft, engage the ratchet-teeth, and thereby cause the wheel E to rotate with the shaft when themachine is going forward and permitthe wheel E to be turned loosely on the shaft when the latter is stationary.

G represents a longitudinal shaft, which is journaled in suitable bearings on the centerof the frame, is provided at its rear end Witha 'initer-pinion, H, that meshes with the wheel E,1and has a crank, I, formed near its front enc K represents a clutch with which the shaft G is provided, and which is adapted to throw the wheel H in and out of gear with the wheel E. A lever, L, is connected to the said clutch and is arranged at a convenient distance from the drivers seat M. g

N represents an eccentric, which is rigidly secured to the shaft G about midway between the wheel H and the crank I.

0 represents a pair of seed-hoppers, which are of the usual form, and are secured to the sides of the frame A, near the front end thereof and in advance of the wheels 0. From the undersides of these hoppers depend spouts P, to which are secured runners R, that have their front ends connected to the front crossbar of frame A by means of rods S.

T represents a seed-sli(le, which is oftheusual construction and is adapted to alternately open and cover thedischargeopenings in the seedhoppers, and is connected to the crank I by means-of a pitman, U.

V represents a transverse bar, which is suspended from the eccentric N by means of a link, WV, that depends from an eccentric-strap, X. The said link WV is provided with a series of openings, by means of which the bar V may be secured thereto at any desired vertical adjustment.

Y represents a pair of rock-shafts, which are journaled transversely in suitable bearings, Z, secured to the frame under the seed-hoppers. The said rock-shafts have at their inner ends rearwardly-extending arms A, that are connected to the bar V, and are provided at their outer end with depending arms B',to which are attached markers 0'.

From the foregoing description it will be understood that when the shaft G rotates reciprocating motion will be imparted tothe seed-slide, and vertical reciprocating motion will be imparted to the barV by the eccentric, thereby causing the said bar to rock the shafts Y, and consequently cause the markers 0 to be raisedand lowered. The crank I and the eccentric are so timed that the marker will be 1owered,and thereby caused to engage the earth and mark the same'at' the same instant that the seeds are dropped by the planting mechanism, and thereby the markers will mark the hills, so that they may be readily distinguished. D represents a foot-lever, which is pivoted or hinged to one of the crossbars of the frame A, near the drivers seat, and is connected to the bar V by means of a rod, E. The func tion of this foot-lever is to enable the-crossbar V to be depressed, so as to lower the marker 0 and actuate the said seed-slide when the said markers do not align with the rows of hills previously planted, thus enabling the operator to cause the machine on starting a new row to drop the seeds exactly in line with the hills already planted. When the bar V is depressed by the foot-lever D, as before described, th e eccentric N is caused to partly rotate, so as to operate the seed-slide, as before stated, this partial rotation of the eccentric causing the shaft G to partially rotate in a retrograde direction, and thereby causing the wheel E to be turned backward on the shaft 13 without affecting the said shaft.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. The combination of the rotating shaft G, having the crank I, connected to the planting mechanism and provided with the eccentric N, and the rock-shafts Y, journaled beneath theseed-hoppers, having the markers Cand the rearward extensions A, connections between the said extensions, and the eccentric, whereby the said rock-shafts are simultaneously oscillated, substantially as described.

2. The con'ibination, with a cornplanter having the rotating shaftG, of the rock-shafts Y, having the markers G and the arms A, the bar V, connecting the said arms, the eccentric secured to the shaft G, and the link \V,depending from the said eccentric and adjustably secured to the said bar V, substantially as described.

3. In a corirplanter, the combination of the rotating shaft G, having the eccentric N and the crank I, the seed-slide, the pitman connecting the same to the crank I, the rock-shafts Y, having the markers 0 and the.rearward extensions A, the bar V, connecting said extensions and connected to the eccentric, the lever D, and the rod E, connecting the same to the bar V, for the purpose set forth, substantially as described.

4. The combination, in a check-row cornplanter, of the frame A, shaft 13, journaled thereto and having the wheels 0, the wheel E, loosely secured on the shaft, the pawl and ratchet connecting the said wheel to the said shaft when the latter rotates in one direction, the operating shaft G, having the pinion engaging the wheel E and provided with the cocentric and the crank, the seed-slide, the pitman connecting the same to the crank, the roek-shafts Y, having the markers and provided with the arms A, the cross-bar V, connecting thesaid arms, connections between the eccentric and the said cross-bar, and the lever D, adapted to rotate the shaft G independently of the shaft 13, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EAIRY N. \VILLIAMS.

Witnesses:

ORV. TAUMLEY, J. E. \VILLIAMS. 

